Each institution is associated with other institutions by various characteristics: geography, athletic conference, religious affiliation, programming, mission, etc.

A list of groups appears below; select a tab to view each group membership and information.

These three groups, common across institutions, are directly informed by IPEDS data:

• AUTO: Created by IPEDS in 2023-24 based on an internal “automatic” grouping process involving Level, Control, Carnegie classification, and other variables.
• CUSTOM: The group of comparison institutions submitted to IPEDS by La_Salle in 2023-24.
• REVERSE: The group of institutions that included La_Salle in their 2023-24 IPEDS custom group.

The following additional groups were determined by known affiliations of La_Salle:

• CATHOLIC: Institutions reporting a religious affiliation of Roman Catholic to IPEDS in 2022-23. 4+ Years, Private NFP.
• LASALLE: La Salle University benchmark group (2022-23 IPEDS): private not-for-profit, Carnegie classification = Doctoral Universities: Doctoral/Professional Universities or Master’s Colleges and Universities: Larger Programs, Expenses = 75M to 200M, FTE UG = 1750 to 5500, Endowment per FTE UG >= 25K, and Catholic.
• LASALLE2: La Salle University benchmark group (2023-24 IPEDS): private not-for-profit, Carnegie classification = Doctoral Universities: Doctoral/Professional Universities or Master’s Colleges and Universities: Larger Programs, Expenses = 75M to 200M, FTE UG = 1750 to 5500, Endowment per FTE UG >= 25K, and Catholic.